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===Early pinhole photography=== [[Image:Pinhole-camera.svg|right|thumb|Early pinhole camera. Light enters a dark box through a small hole and creates an inverted image on the wall opposite the hole.<ref name='physics_worldview'>{{cite book|author1-link=Larry D. Kirkpatrick | last1 = Kirkpatrick | first1 = Larry D. | last2 = Francis | first2 = Gregory E. | title = Physics: A World View | chapter = Light | edition = 6 | publisher = Thomson Brooks/Cole | year = 2007 | location = Belmont, California | pages = 339 | isbn = 978-0-495-01088-3}}</ref>]] The first known description of pinhole photography is found in the 1856 book ''The Stereoscope'' by Scottish inventor [[David Brewster]], including the description of the idea as "a camera without lenses, and with only a pin-hole". Sir [[William Crookes]] and [[William de Wiveleslie Abney]] were other early photographers to try the pinhole technique.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://photo.net/learn/pinhole/pinhole|title=Pinhole photography history|website=photo.net|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202201449/http://photo.net/learn/pinhole/pinhole|archive-date=2017-02-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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